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Hermes Agent: Open-Source Self‑Improving AI Agent

This developer-focused article reviews Hermes Agent, an open-source autonomous AI agent built by Nous Research. The piece highlights Hermes Agent’s design priorities—persistent cross-session memory, reusable procedural skills, broad built‑in tool access (60+ tools depending on configuration), and support for multiple runtime backends (local, Docker, SSH, Daytona, Singularity, Modal). It describes fast onboarding (one-line installer and recommended hermes setup --portal flow), example developer workflows (research pipeline with search, extraction, summarization, and memory), trade-offs around complexity and observability, and why the project is worth watching as an agent framework that aims to improve over repeated use. The article is a submission to the Hermes Agent Challenge and includes links to official docs and the GitHub repo.

Hermes Agent: Self-Hosted AI Assistant Guide

Hermes Agent is an open-source, model-agnostic, self-hosted AI assistant from Nous Research that runs on local machines or low-cost VPS instances. It operates via a CLI and messaging gateway, separates conversation from execution, and uses tools, skills, and file-based memory to persist and improve behavior over time. The project provides a one-line installer for Linux/macOS/WSL2, supports termux on Android, and exposes commands for model selection, tool toggles, setup, updates, and diagnostics (e.g., hermes model, hermes tools, hermes setup, hermes doctor). Configuration and state live under ~/.hermes with support for profiles. Hermes supports multiple terminal execution backends (local, docker, ssh, modal, daytona, singularity) and a messaging gateway for multi-platform access, and is distributed under the MIT license.

Demon Slayer Film Breaks U.S. Anime Box-Office Record

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle remained No. 1 at the U.S. box office and set new records, becoming the highest-grossing anime film in U.S. history with a domestic total of $104 million and a global haul exceeding $555 million. The film outperformed several new Hollywood releases — Universal’s Him ($13.5M opening, C- CinemaScore) and Sony’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey ($3.5M opening) — which underperformed. Warner Bros.’ The Conjuring: Last Rites surpassed $400 million worldwide. Analysts anticipate Demon Slayer will move to streaming in early 2026, underscoring the continuing strength of established franchises and implications for theatrical windows and streaming platform programming strategies.